Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, How Huon, Having Slain a Giant, Came to Babylon, sentence 21
After he had so wandered awhile, he heard the voice of a damsel that wept, which sound he followed till he came to the place where she sat. "Why weep you?" he said. "
Who acts: Huon, damsel, sat. · What happens: wander, hear, weep, follow, come, say · To what, where: voice, sound, place, you · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France» by Alfred John Church, How Huon, Having Slain a Giant, Came to Babylon. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Huon, damsel, sat.), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.
Mova's own parse. This tree may be wrong.
The tree
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | After | after | SCONJ | _ | 5 wandered | mark |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 wandered | nsubj |
| 3 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 wandered | aux |
| 4 | so | so | ADV | _ | 5 wandered | advmod |
| 5 | wandered | wander | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 9 heard | advcl |
| 6 | awhile | awhile | ADV | _ | 5 wandered | advmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 wandered | punct |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 heard | nsubj |
| 9 | heard | hear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 voice | det |
| 11 | voice | voice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 heard | obj |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 damsel | case |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 damsel | det |
| 14 | damsel | damsel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 voice | nmod |
| 15 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 16 wept | nsubj |
| 16 | wept | weep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 damsel | acl:relcl |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 sound | punct |
| 18 | which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 19 sound | det |
| 19 | sound | sound | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 voice | conj |
| 20 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 followed | nsubj |
| 21 | followed | follow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 sound | acl:relcl |
| 22 | till | till | SCONJ | _ | 24 came | mark |
| 23 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 came | nsubj |
| 24 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 heard | advcl |
| 25 | to | to | ADP | _ | 27 place | case |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 place | det |
| 27 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 came | obl |
| 28 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 38 said | advmod |
| 29 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 sat. | nsubj |
| 30 | sat. | Saturday | PROPN | Abbr=Yes Number=Sing | 38 said | nsubj |
| 31 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 33 weep | punct |
| 32 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 33 weep | advmod |
| 33 | weep | weep | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 30 sat. | parataxis |
| 34 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 33 weep | obj |
| 35 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 33 weep | punct |
| 36 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 33 weep | punct |
| 37 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 38 said | nsubj |
| 38 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 27 place | acl:relcl |
| 39 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 heard | punct |
| 40 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 heard | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wander | past · perfect | Huon | awhile property | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | hear | past | Huon | the voice of a damsel and which sound | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer voice=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | weep | past | a damsel | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | follow | past | Huon | which sound not said here | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sound=Theme | ||||
| 5 | come | past | Huon | the place | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to place=Initial_Location | ||||
| 6 | weep in a quote | infinitive | you | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent you=Theme | |||||
| 7 | say speech: ask | past | sat. gate | Huon nsubj | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.
Text: «Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France» by Alfred John Church, Project Gutenberg book 75339 (public domain in the USA). Tree: Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), the chapter read in order.
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